The Spanish singer Raphael received a medical dischargeafter being hospitalized for primary brain lymphoma. He was in the Hospital 12 de Octubre in Madrid and began treatment that will continue from now on on an outpatient basis.
The singer left the institution in the passenger seat of a vehicle, smiling at the press and without stopping to give statements. “He is feeling very well,” said his son Jacobo. For this reason, he canceled his concerts scheduled for the first months of 2025 in United States, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and Mexico.
Symptoms and consequences left by brain lymphoma
As to symptomsbrain lymphoma presents:
Among the consequences, depending on the area of the disease, are the difficulties with speech, vision, balance, sensitivity of one half of the body or strength of one half of the body. It can also affect the memory and the cognitive functionsalong with consequences emotional, such as anxiety or depression.
What is brain lymphoma, the disease that Raphael suffers from?
Brain lymphoma, also known as primary brain lymphoma or primary central nervous system lymphoma, it’s a rare and very aggressive non-Hodgkin’s cancer that starts in the lymph tissue (white blood cells) of the brain or spinal cord and can also be found in the eyes. This type of cancer It can be treated effectively and even cured if detected early. This can be “primary” or “secondary”:
- Primary lymphoma of the central nervous system It begins in the central nervous system and develops in the brain, but it can also affect the eyes (called intraocular lymphoma).
- Secondary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma It starts elsewhere in the body and spreads to the CNS. This includes lymphoma that comes back in the CNS after treatment. Secondary CNS lymphoma usually develops in the brain, but can sometimes grow in the protective tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord (the meninges).
The diagnosis was confirmed
This Thursday they confirmed that the 81-year-old artist suffers from brain lymphoma. According to the report, the singer “presents a primary brain lymphoma with two brain nodules in the left hemisphere that justify the neurological symptoms that he presented a few days ago.
He had suffered a stroke and was hospitalized urgently.
The singer had been urgently hospitalized after suffering a cerebrovascular accident (CVA). The episode began when I was recording a program in the Príncipe Gran Vía Theater and the production noticed that the artist began to say disjointed phrases.
After the call, at least two ambulances and two SAMUR 4×4 vehicles arrived at the location in Madrid (Municipal Emergency and Rescue Assistance Service). There he was urgently transferred to San Carlos Clinical Hospital of the Spanish capital.
Source: Ambito
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